taxonID	type	description	language	source
67E319334CBE0C1B7E47CDFE9EA6996F.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet savan means paradise in the Lao language, and is a commonly used, truncated form of the name for Savannakhet Province, Laos, that contains the holotype and most paratype localities of the new species. The specific epithet savan is a noun in apposition.	en	Phimmachak, Somphouthone, Richards, Stephen J., Sivongxay, Niane, Seateun, Sengvilay, Chuaynkern, Yodchaiy, Makchai, Sunchai, Som, Hannah E., Stuart, Bryan L. (2019): A new caruncle-bearing fanged frog (Limnonectes, Dicroglossidae) from Laos and Thailand. ZooKeys 846: 133-156, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.846.33200, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.846.33200
67E319334CBE0C1B7E47CDFE9EA6996F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Assigned to the genus Limnonectes on the basis of its inferred phylogenetic position (Fig. 1), the presence of fang-like odontoid processes on the lower jaw (Emerson et al. 2000; Lambertz et al. 2014), and having males with hypertrophied heads (Lambertz et al. 2014). Assigned to the subgenus Elachyglossa (following Ohler and Dubois 1999; Lambertz et al. 2014) on the basis of its close phylogenetic position to the subgenerotype L. gyldenstolpei (Fig. 1). A medium-sized Limnonectes having the combination of adult males with SVL 39.0 - 56.2, adult females with SVL 38.9 - 55.2; males with hypertrophied head; males with interorbital caruncle consisting of low-profile swelling without a free posterior margin, extending from level of anterior margin of eye to level midway between posterior margin of eye and tympanum; odontoid processes on anterior margin of lower jaw larger in males than in females; horizontal diameter of tympanum equal to eye in adult males, 3 / 4 of eye diameter in subadult males, immature males, and females; enlarged, rounded, tubercles on dorsum, becoming more elongated dorsolaterally; dark brown or gray spotting on throat, belly, and ventral surfaces of forelimbs and hindlimbs; and ova with pigmented poles.	en	Phimmachak, Somphouthone, Richards, Stephen J., Sivongxay, Niane, Seateun, Sengvilay, Chuaynkern, Yodchaiy, Makchai, Sunchai, Som, Hannah E., Stuart, Bryan L. (2019): A new caruncle-bearing fanged frog (Limnonectes, Dicroglossidae) from Laos and Thailand. ZooKeys 846: 133-156, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.846.33200, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.846.33200
